Boston Marathon runner to speak

A Shelby Township teacher whose participation in the Boston Marathon was interrupted when terrorists bombed the event will be the featured speaker Sept. 27 when the Shelby Community Foundation hosts its second annual Women’s Fund Luncheon.

Nancy Smith, an avid runner, was less than a mile from the finish line last April when security personnel directed her and other runners off the course following the bombing near the finish line of the venerable event.

Smith will tell her story as part of the foundation’s Women Helping Women theme.

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The event will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Palazzo Grande, 54660 Van Dyke, Shelby Township. Tickets are $30 each or $250 for a table of 10. An RSVP by Sept. 20 is requested.